I'm sorry about all the killing but I think it must be from all the DBZ I watch....

Chapter 18 - The Struggle

Gohan was horrified as he saw all his friends die in front of him. Piccolo, my first trainer, and one of my best friends... Krillin, me best friend, you stuck by me when I was in trouble... Trunks, you made my brother just as strong as me... Trunks, I'll never forget the times you've saved me from my mum... and Goten, my brother, my only brother. Don't worry, dad and I will beat Olive and wish all of you back. I promise.

"Life is such a fragile thing, isn't it?" Olive mused. "It can be ended by me, anyone else, and even time. Yes... time is a powerful thing, I guess, for some people. You see, the longer I stand here and talk, the more time you've got to restore your energy. To immortals, such as my master, they use it as a weapon, for they are not affected by time."

"What about you? Are you immortal?" demanded Goku.

"Well, in a way. In my normal state as I am now, no, but as long as my master needs me, she makes sure that I'm always there for her." Olive looked at the two super saiyans, then continued. "Don't worry, I'm one hundred percent killable, so you don't need to worry."

"That's a relief," said Gohan sarcastically. "Next you'll be telling us that a living thing is always alive until it's dead. You really don't have much of a sense of humour. No one laughs at your jokes."

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"This guy Olive is a real disgrace to this quadrant, even if he is just a guest!" King Kai said indignantly. "Even Piccolo's jokes are better than his, even if it was a twisted version of Jack and the beanstalk. I should give him a few pointers on puns after Goku wins, if he wins at all, that is. Olive has proven himself to be a strong opponent."

He continued watching the fight between Goku and Gohan against Vegeta and Olive from his planet, and his hopes went crashing down as he watched Gohan and Goku get hurt. "Come on, Goku, you can do better than that. There's no way that humourless creep can beat you. OK, so maybe he's stronger than you, but still, I know you're hiding some power. Why don't you leave Vegeta alone for now? Team up with Gohan and beat Olive. If you do that then you won't need to worry for Vegeta. Goku, I know you can hear me, but you're not listening to me, are you? Wait, you're probably too distracted to answer. I'll leave you alone now, but I really hope you take my advice. I was your teacher at one point. Good luck Goku, you'll need it."

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Gohan was thrown onto the ground, and struggled to escape from Olive's attack. He wasn't fast enough and was hit by the ki blast. Goku was having a slightly better time against Vegeta, but then Olive added more power to Vegeta, and once again he gained the upper hand. It wasn't long before Goku was too was lying on the ground, battered bruised and bleeding.

"Gohan... here, have one." He reached out for his bag of senzu beans and took two out. He gave one to Gohan and he ate the other. Once again Olive watched the restorative properties of the beans go to work. He watched as Goku and Gohan got up again, and sensed the power levels rise and become stronger than before.

"Gohan, King Kai just gave me an idea, but it's going to be hard to carry out. I have to knock Vegeta out as quickly as possible, and then the two of us both attack Olive. I think it'll work, but the chances of us succeeding are extremely small. We'll have to watch each other's backs, OK?"

Gohan nodded and Goku then flew at full speed toward Vegeta, managing to catch him off guard and landed a few punches in him. Gohan used his eyes to keep track of Vegeta and occasionally blast him, and used his mind to keep track of Olive. Goku was going full out at the prince with renewed energy, but Olive made sure that Vegeta stayed strong.

"Dad, I really don't think this is going to work. It doesn't seem to matter how hard we try, since Olive is constantly pumping more ki into Vegeta. Let's face it, there's no way we can win this fight in our current state. I say we should go after Olive. With him trying to fight both of us, he'll be too distracted to worry about Vegeta. What do you think?"

"I'm willing to try it, Gohan. I hope you're right, cause if you're not then we're doomed. If only Vegeta was on our side."

Goku started attacking Olive, and Gohan did the same. Their plan started to work, and Olive was too busy to get Vegeta to fight. Olive had to use everything that he knew to block the saiyans' attacks. Even though his tail was a dangerous weapon, and did very well when it came to blocking, it still managed to get in the way. It was occasionally grabbed by Goku, but Olive drew his tail back so that the blade would come too close to Goku's hand.

"Not so easy now, is it?" mocked Gohan. "You seem to be having a lot of trouble fighting both my dad and I at the same time."

"That's what you think," said Olive defensively as he deflected an energy beam. He powered up, blowing Goku and Gohan away from him. He regained control of Vegeta, and Goku knew that their only shot of rescuing Vegeta had been blown. "Next time, help me when I call instead of standing there and watching me fight."

Olive was growing tired of always fighting Goku and Gohan, and decided to end their battle right there. He sliced, punched, kicked and blasted the two, often shouting insults as well. Goku resisted the urge to have another senzu bean. I'm not sure, but I have the weirdest felling that something's going to happen. I just hope it's a good thing.

Goku and Gohan were repeatedly attacked by Olive and Vegeta. There were numerous cuts all over their bodies and eventually the two fell to the ground, no longer super saiyans, paralyzed with pain. Olive walked up to Gohan and raised his tail.

"It was nice knowing you. I had a nice time, but I'm afraid to say, like all good things it must end. Farewell, au revoir, auf wiederschen." Gohan shut his eyes tight, not wanting to see the blade that would lead to his death.

"Olive, that's enough!" An imperial voice suddenly rang out of nowhere. Olive's tail froze just millimetres away from Gohan and he snarled at the newcomer. A blue aura lifted the blade from Gohan's neck and moved it to one side. A larger being was also there, and he stepped forward, reached for the bag of senzu beans, and gave the last two beans to Goku and Gohan.

When they had recovered, they looked up at their rescuer and thanked him. "You look familiar somehow. Have we met before?"

"No, I believe we haven't."

"Then, who are you?"

"Why, I'm the Supreme Kai, and this is Kibito."